Ketki Sandeep Nandanwar

UR2005

The course introduced the concepts of `mass-housing’ across space and time. The evolution of housing settlements through linking and stacking; their processes, determinants/generations, and resulting patterns are to be explored in their respective context exploring the balance between order and complexity. The idea, here, was to create an adaptive habitat for migrant communities associated with the very dynamic and socially interactive live-work environment. Here, “adaptability” is visualized and represented as a real space which is accommodating people from diverse cultures and traditions over a period of time. The spaces, thus created, should have their own characteristics; the occupants should have the opportunities to alter these spaces in certain extended patterns. Eventually, this fluctuating habitat, over time, should be able to maintain a balance between generated orders and identified contextual complexities. 
The design deals with certain existing problems at the site (observations and inferences) and resolves them. the attempt was to create meaningful open spaces which could be utilized by the community. A total of 230 units have been incorporated in the site. these units were kept in clusters ad the clusters were placed to respond to the open spaces, the commercial edge and the community buildings